Hospes carinatus Qian 1985 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Full reference: Y. Qian. 1985. Late Late Cambrian trilobites from the Tangcun Formation of Jingxian, southern Anhui. Palaeontologia Cathayana 2:137-167

Belongs to Hospes according to Y. Qian 1985

Sister taxa: Indiligens clonograpti, Hospes limbus, Hospes transversus, Hospes spinosus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chejia Hill, Tangcun, unit 2, which is in a Taoyuanian/Niuchehean marine mudstone/limestone in the Tangcun Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chejia Hill, Tangcun, unit 2

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